This article details some of the Chicago Park District’s upcoming reconstruction and capital investment projects. The Civic Federation points out that because the District does not issue a detailed project priority list and construction…
This article discusses the Civic Federation’s analysis and support of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s $1.7 billion FY2010 budget. The Federation is quoted saying it supports the District’s budget because of…
This article examines the possible reform of the Chicago Public School Board’s $24,000-a-year receipt-free expense accounts to include a new system that would require Board members to submit receipts for expenditures.
This news article reports on the approval of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago FY2010 operating budget. The article mentions the Civic Federation’s support for the budget.
The redesign of the Civic Federation website in July has provided the public, government officials, and the media better access to the Federation’s analyses of government services in Illinois. The regularly-updated Civic Federation blog…
Since its beginnings in July with the overhaul of the Civic Federation’s website, the IIFS blog has focused mostly on issues related to the Illinois budget, including…
All governments - whether states, cities or school districts - should place a portion of their general operating revenues in a general fund reserve or “rainy day” fund. These rainy day funds are savings accounts that governments can use to…
The Civic Federation's legislative priorities for 2010 include public pension reform, requiring state government to develop and implement performance measurement and a capital improvement plan, the dissolving of the Illinois International…
Governor Pat Quinn’s administration plans to begin enrolling elderly and disabled Medicaid recipients in Northeastern Illinois—excluding the City of Chicago—in health maintenance organizations (HMOs) in July of 2010. The pilot program,…
This article explores inefficiencies in the Cook County Health and Hospitals System and the effect that the partial rollback of the sales tax in Cook County may have on the System. The Civic Federation is quoted saying that the tax…
